ALL meanings of waste
waste
W w - transitive verb waste use inefficiently 1
- transitive verb waste opportunity 1
- noun waste refuse, rubbish, garbage 1
- noun waste unused material 1
- adjective waste unused 1
- adjective waste products, matter: excreted 1
- adjective waste undeveloped, uninhabited 1
- adjective waste related to refuse 1
- adjective waste related to sewage 1
- adjective waste rejected as useless 1
- noun waste fact of wasting, inefficiency 1
- noun waste bodily waste 1
- noun waste sewage 1
- noun waste chemical by-product 1
- noun waste act of laying to waste 1
- noun,plural waste desert 1
- noun waste Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. 1
- transitive verb waste fail to be appreciated 1
- transitive verb waste lay to waste, destroy 1
- transitive verb waste kill 1
- verb with object waste to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words. 1
- verb with object waste to fail or neglect to use: to waste an opportunity. 1
- verb with object waste to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: The waves waste the rock of the shore. 1
- verb with object waste to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease or hunger. 1
- verb with object waste to destroy, devastate, or ruin: a country wasted by a long and futile war. 1
- verb with object waste Slang. to kill or murder. 1
- verb without object waste to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated. 1
- verb without object waste to become gradually consumed, used up, or worn away: A candle wastes in burning. 1
- verb without object waste to become physically worn; lose flesh or strength; become emaciated or enfeebled. 1
- verb without object waste to diminish gradually; dwindle, as wealth, power, etc.: The might of England is wasting. 1
- verb without object waste to pass gradually, as time. 1
- noun waste useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting: The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy. 1
- noun waste neglect, instead of use: waste of opportunity. 1
- noun waste gradual destruction, impairment, or decay: the waste and repair of bodily tissue. 1
- noun waste devastation or ruin, as from war or fire. 1
- noun waste a region or place devastated or ruined: The forest fire left a blackened waste. 1
- noun waste anything unused, unproductive, or not properly utilized. 1
- noun waste an uncultivated tract of land. 1
- noun waste a wild region or tract of land; desolate country, desert, or the like. 1
- noun waste an empty, desolate, or dreary tract or extent: a waste of snow. 1
- noun waste anything left over or superfluous, as excess material or by-products, not of use for the work in hand: a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes. 1
- noun waste remnants, as from the working of cotton, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil, etc. 1
- noun waste Physical Geography. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc. 1
- noun waste garbage; refuse. 1
- noun waste wastes, excrement. 1
- adjective waste not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents. 1
- adjective waste (of land, regions, etc.) wild, desolate, barren, or uninhabited; desert. 1
- adjective waste (of regions, towns, etc.) in a state of desolation and ruin, as from devastation or decay. 1
- adjective waste left over or superfluous: to utilize waste products of manufacture. 1
- adjective waste having served or fulfilled a purpose; no longer of use. 1